Not the knitting, not the bobbles, not the psychological stamina of getting through all the seaming and then remembering to still knit the sash…nope. The hardest part is waiting for the danged thing to dry so you can sew the buttons on already and call it a day.

Aran-weight wool sure is warm and toasty but after a hand-wringing and two towel rolls it still needs another day’s air dry. The Blooming Cardigan is almost there….

Check out that hot bobble action.

The next hardest part? Figuring out which sweater to knit next. It’s a good thing swatching fills that between-time nicely.

It’s even harder when you’re blocking all the pieces for a beautiful new purple sweater (mine’s purple, too!) and you realize AFTER everything’s all wet that one of the fronts is an inch too short but you have to wait for it to dry before you can frog it and fix it. Urrrrg.